OMG! How could I forget THAT day???

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Today, my schedule called for 6 miles of hills. Actually it called for speed work but I don't like speed work (yet) so I substitute hills. The only hills we have here in FL is the Causeway Bridge. When I run the bridge, I normally only run it for 4 miles at most. Up and down is 1 mile.

The first two times up and down were pretty much uneventful except for the NNE 15mph wind I ran into.

While I was going up the hill for the 3rd time around the 3 mile mark, my legs started fatiguing.

So, now the conversation in my head starts and it goes something like this.....

Hum, where is that coming from? Why are my legs so tired already? Must just be....

I don't know what it must be but I must stop thinking about it.

Okay, change your thoughts. Focus on something else.

Like what?

I don't care, anything. Just STOP thinking about your legs!!

Wow! Look at those kayaker's on the river below us.

That looks like fun.

Well, it's fun right now because they are going with the wind.

Yep, I'd hate to be them trying to row back to shore in the NNE 15 mph headwind.

That's going to be tough.

Yep, sure it.

Still feeling them legs?

Yep, sure am.

Okay...Then, think of something else.

Other then this headwind, it's a beautiful October day. The sky is blue. The weather has cooled down. The humidity is low.

It is a beautiful morning.

What's the date today?

It's October 6th.

October 6th?

Yeah.

OMG!

What? What's wrong??

I missed it!!

Missed what?

October 4th!!

Yeah, so? What's so big about October 4th??

OMG!! October 4th was the day my life changed 2 years ago!! How could I have forgotten that???

Your life changed?

YES! YES! YES!!!

OH YEAH!! October 4th!! I remember now!

MY 2 YEAR SPARKVERSARY passed and I missed it!! I completely forgot about it!!

Congrats to you! I just crossed my 2yr anniversary too (OKay Sept 3) and did hill repeats today. I ran up and down the hill in front of my house in the dark...quite a boring run...Keep it up-we are going to rock Disney!

Happy Sparkversary and congrats on an awesome run!! I wish I would have read your blog before I went out for my run tonight. I only made it two miles before I threw in the towel because my legs were killing me (well in my head they were, hehe!)

OMG Suezette! You are so funny! Hopefully the conversation was all done in your head not out loud...you gotta watch that. People have a tendency to look at you like you're crazy (can you tell I just might have done that?) Anyhow, Happy 2nd Sparkversary! It is truly an amazing what you have done and how spark has changed all our lives. Go girl...rock those hills. I am in need of speed work today and must get moving. Oh, and by the way....I still owe Bobby a kick from you :)

Happy Sparkversary, HillRunner! So funny, I carry similar conversation with myself but since I live in the middle of nowhere, it's more like...look the mini-farm got a new horse. Oh and the mini-ponies are still there. I wonder how they get along with the big horses. Hmmm. I'd hate to be the guy on that tractor picking that tobacco. It's too hot to for that. But doesn't that mean it's too hot to RUN?

You are too funny! I love the way you think and we have been on this journey together! we have cheered, laughed and even cried as we have been on this journey. Here is to another great year! hopefully will get to meet!!! Have a great day!!!!!